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In article <1993Jan20.133858@cs.bham.ac.uk>, roj@cs.bham.ac.uk (Robert O Jackson) writes:
|> Its a shame that the cost of catching the bus from point A (or rather the nearest
|> bus stop) to point B (or some point near it) costs as much as if not more than
|> driving from point A to point B.

Possibly if you live in a rural area this is the case. But for the vast
majority of commuters travelling through built-up areas this is only
superficially true.

Try taking into account the cost to an individual (over a year) of:

buying the car in the first place
car tax 
car insurance
general maintenance

and also the less quantifiable costs which everyone contributes to:

cost of road repairs caused by every extra car on the road
cost of new roads / road widening needed due to the extra cars on the road
cost of pollution

On that basis, public transport is cheaper not only for individuals but for
society as a whole.

( 
Apologies if you subscribe to the Mrs Thatcher "there is no such thing
as society, only individuals"  view :-) 
)

Alan

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